Cash-register.



G. PALlS/El-IRl CASH 4REGISTER. Arruon'iox funn 1111.29, 1910.

Patented Dec. 19, 1911.

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CASH REGISTER.

.APPLIUATIOB FILED IAB.. 2B. 1910.

Patented Dec. 19, 1911.

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CASH REGISTER.

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VPatented Dec, 19, 1911.

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CASH REGISTER. APPLIUATIGN IILBD 11112.23. 1910.

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Patented Dec. 19, 1911.

e sums-snm e` WITNESSES.' /NV N'OH m Zw 4W y ATTORNEY UNITED sTATEsPATENT OFFICE.

CHABLES'IALME-, 0F LONDON. ENGLAND, ASBIGNOR T0 THE NATIONAL CASH REGIS-TER COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A `CORPOIRA'IION OI: OHIO, (INCORPORATEDIN) 'Re isters, of which I declare the `following t': e a. full, clear,a'nd exact description. 1

This invention relates tb' improvements in cashfre'gisters and moreparticularly 1n that style of-register in which 'the amounts to beadded,1ndicted and recorded are first ,ftjferred' form of embodimentdetermined by the operation of keys or other manipulative devices, `andrthen' the operation Completed by the actuation ofa crank handle orotherI suitable 0 erating device.

Thbprincipal'lobject ofP this invention is to provide a-keyboardmechanism for the type of machine shown and described in applicationSerial No. 356,096, February 6., IQOT, by Thomas Carroll and also inPatent No. 934,994, issued September' 28, 41909, to said Carroll. 'fAnother object yof this-invention is to provi e an improved form ofactuating devices for the vinghiicating mechanism-` .jiiith'jjbie and4incidental objects in vieiv thei'tinvel'ition consists incertain novelfeatures of construction'andcombinations of parts;` thejesscntjalelements of which' are set forth in appended claims, and ha. preo whichis hereinafter described with reference to,the

drawings which accompanyr and form part of the speciiication.

0f said rawings: Figure 1 is a transverse 'sectional View of themachine.Fig. 2 isv a detail view of the alining andl arresting device-for theindicators. Fig. 3 is a detail View of'a cam and link for operating, thekey releasin mechanism. Iii 4 is a rear elevation of a machine emboiyingthe; invention. Fig. 5 is an enlarged rear elevation of 'one of theactuatingde'vices fdr 'one of th'e indicators. Fig. 6 is an enlargedtransverse sectional .view through the registering mechanism and its coerating parts. Figui is adetail-view of tie operating` mechanismforreciprocat-in .the frame in which the registering niecianism.ismounted. Fig. 8 isa transverse sectional view through the print/ingmechanism. Fig. i is :i lop plan view of the keyboard mecha; nismIshowing the registering determining;r

-' elements in scclionund the graduated frames.

l Bpeoioat/lon of-'Letteri ratent. Application tiled March 28, 1910.`Serial No. f62,016. Y

Awith. `After the `mechanism.

behad so that connected tosaid elements and operated by the keys. Fig.10l is a perspective view of one of the graduated frames and itsregistering determining element.` Fig. 11 is a per.- spective View oftheV indicator determining mechanism unassembled` In general terms, theinvention comprises Patented Deo. 19, 1911.v

a plurality of banks of keys, each bank of which actuates a graduated`traine, this .frame being connected to a rack or^register ingdetermining element `These racks through suitable link connectionsoperate arms which for the determining mechanism for the adjustment ofthe indicators. Type-carriers are the registering racks and are movedhereamount to be totalized, indicated and recorded has vbeen determinedby. the `operation of the ap the operation vis completed y the rotationof a suitable crank handle. Durin rotation of the crank handle, the totaizing mechanism is.given a translatory movement over. the ing mechanismis rotated to bring into view the amount uring the ,operation of Vthetotalizing and indicatin mechanisms, impressions are taken fromteprinting devices. After the amountf has lbeen registered, indicated andrecorded, the indicators are latched ind their adjusted position-and theregistering rack and type-carriers are returned to normal position. Fromthis brief general description it is though-tthat a 'good idea ,of theoperation oflthe machine ma the detailed descri tion. which is'about tobegiven may be ollowed to better advanta v will be divide into thefollowing divisions: Keyboard mechanism, registerlng mechaalso suitablysecured to ropriate keys,-

ristered Aupon the' registering e. This' detailed .descriptionl isteringracks and the indicatnism,indicatin mechanism and tintin mechanism. l Y,Keyboard mechanism- As shown in Fig. 9; the keys 1 are arranged ingroups or banks and as shown in said figure are adapted to registerEnglish currency. T

'pivoted upon a transverse rod icing suitabl `supported in the sideframes 4 of the mac ine; Also pivoted u n this rod 2 are alllurality ofyoke-sha e lidnate frames 5 one for each ban o keys.

Extending rearwardly from each` one of the frames :'11s an arm 6provided at its extreme rear end with a slot 7. In each one of the esekey's 1 are 2, the latter slots 7 of the arm G extcndsa -)in 8. Thesepins 8 uro mounted upon the ower ends of registering rocks ordetermining elements 9, which'cxtcnd vertically und are uided by a ticlmr l() which is supported fruincs 4. Fluch one of the frames (See Fig.10) is provided with astepped bar 11, the underside of which the keys ofthat particulnr tronic contact and thereby move the suirl frulnc und burdifferentially. Mounted upon n lruusverse rod 12 which is secured, inthe side friuncs 4 uro u plurality of hangers I3 one for euch key. Eachkey 1 in the rear of its pivotal point has extending u wardly therefrom.:i projection 14 which, W en any one of thc key-s is operated contactswith the lower front side of its respective han er `13 und therebyforces a shoulder 15o said hunger iuto the path of the bur 11 to arrestthe upward movement of said bar and frame 5. ",lhe keys 1 are given aconstant-Inovenicnt upon the operation of, same and it will he seen fiomFig. 10 that the bar 11 which lies across the keys of the bank to whichthis bur belongs has n step arran ement on both its under und uppersldes. rom this it will be seen that the'frnme 5 is given a diil'erenvtiul movementI by the ke 's corresponding thereto and consequently theregisterin de terlnininoV element 9 will also be move differentially.The keys 1 have, just in front of their pivotal points, downwardlyextending projections 1G which are beveled at their extreme downwardends. Upon depressinfr any one of the keys, the beveled portion othcpljojection 1G will contact with the upper side of n latching frame17 of which there is one for each bank of keys, pivoted upon n cross rod18 suitably secured Within the side frames 4` and rock said frameagainst the tension of` n spring 19. The spring 19 which has its endssecured to a pin 20 pro# jecting from the frame und to o rod 21 securedin the side frames 4 will return thelatehing frame 17 to normal positionafter itsdeircssion by u key, in lwhich position :1 nose 2 ou said framewill engage with the projection 16 and'hold said key in its depressedposition. Ench of the frames .171s limited in its upward movement .by npin 23 whichcontects with the underside of w cross rodv24 suitablysecured in theside frames 4. The keys when releasedfashereinafterfdescribed will 4be returned to their normal pof :sition bysprings 25 which have their ends secured to ins 26 rejecting from therear ends of the ceys an :to across rod 27 mountcd in the frame work ofthe machine.

"Phe registering determining elements 9 lun-e formed upon 'their forwardedge, teeth 28 und -upon the' rearward edge similar teeth 29. The vteeth28 en nge with a totalizing mechanism hereinaf ter described, to

register' the amount represented by the de-I pressd keys, while theteeth 29 are arranged y the side4 plura to adjust indicator determiningdevices end typecarriers as will hereinafter be fully described.

[fegz'sering mechanisms-#Pho wheels 30 of the totalizng mechanism aremounted.

suitably mounted within a frame 32. Eac

one of the total wheels 30 has attached thereto a pinion 33 which isarranged to engage with the teeth 28 of its respective debermin` set upon the determining element registered on the said tot-elizer wheel. Theframef, in which the carrie e 31 is mounted is .pivoted as at 34 (seeigs. 6 and 7) and upon the lrst movement of the crank handle it is point34 by cams 35 w lich are conne ted to seid frame by links 36 to bringthe 33 into the same line as thc teeth 28 of-ibc registering determiningelements 9. The cams are mounted upon a driving shaft 37' the latteralso carrying cams 38. After the frame 32 has been swung so as t0 bringthe pinions 33 into the path of the teeth 28 a downward movement isimparted to the carriage 31, carrying the wheels 30 and pinions 33, bylevers 39 which are pivoted upon4 n short rod 40 suitably secured in theframe work of the machine, the forward end of seid levers 39 beingprovided with slots 41 which straddle the rod 42 mounted in the carriage31, while the rearward end of said levers are provided with frictionrollers 43 projecting 1n cam rooves '44 of the cams 38. This .movement othe carriage 31 and the carriage supporting frame 32 is fully Shown anddescribed in the before-mentioned application andatent of said ThomasCarroll und .it is `tioug'ht no urther description thereof is necessary.

The teeth 29 of the registering racks or 'determining elements 9 meshwith segments 45 which are n tinted upon a. shaft 46the lutter being s`tably `mounted within the side frames `of the machine.. Fustened to`the sides of these segments 45 are plates 47 ,provided with V-shapednotches 48. After the racks 9 and the segments 45 have been adjusted bythe operation of the keys 01 manipulative devices 1, the shaft 37 willbe rotated. Upon the beginning of movement of the shaft-37, the enlargedportions of the .cam disks 35 will engage with rollers 49 projectingfrom n frame and de ress said frame `(see Figs. 1, 4 und 6). T is frnme50 is ty of a justing nuts 51. A spring 52, one end .of which is securedto one of the nuts 51 and the other to e portion of the frame, holds therollers 49 1n contact with the periphery of the cum disk 35. As theframe is de1n'essed, the adjusting nuts 51 will contact with the rearrds of puwls 53 which are centrally pivoted upon the arranged to beswun' around its pivotal.

within e carriage 31, the latter' in. tum being ing element 9 andthereby have the amount pivoted u )on the rod 40 and carries a rod 40,the forward end of said pawls being provided with V-shaped heads 54which are positioned to engage the notches 48 formed upon the plates 47secured to the segments l5 und thereby lock said" segments and theregistering determining elements 9. Near the end of the rotation of theshaft 37, a cam 55 (Fig. 3) secured thereto will Contact with a pin 56secured to the rearward end of a link 57 and force said link forwardly.The forward end of the link 57 is secured to a bell crank lever 58 whichis loosely mounted upon the rod 18. This bell crank lever 5S has securedto its free end a rod 59 which projects over all of thev latching plates17, the said rod 59 being supported at its opposite end by a lever tnotshown) similar to the bell crank lever It will be seen from thisdescription that the rod 59 will depress all of the latching frames 17near the end of the rotation of the shaft 37 and thereby Withdraw thenoses 22 of said frames 17 from engagement with the projections lo ofthe operated keys, thereby leaving said keys free to be returned totheir normal position by the springs 25. The bitching frames 17,7aspreviously described. are returned to their normal position by theirsprings 19. These plates in turn will return the rod `59 and link .37 totheir normal positions. Imine diately after the release of the keys asabove described. u cam 60 secured to the shaft 37 tsee Fig. 1) willContact with a roller 61 projecting from an arm 62 pivoted upon the rod40. This arm 62 has secured to it at` its upper end a horizontal rod 63.the other end of rod 63 being supported by an arm. not shown, butsimilar to arm GQ. ,As the cam (i0 engages the roller 61 mounted uponthe arm G2. the rod 63 will contact with projections 64 of any of theoperated segments l5 and return said segments and registering racks ilConnected thereto to normal or zero position as shown in Fig. l of thedrawings. Just previous to the engagement ot the ram il() with theroller Gl the enlarged portions of the cuni disks 3 will pass out ofengagement with the rollers 19 of the frame :30 thereby allowing thespring 52 to withdraw said frame 50 and the adjusting nuts 5l out ofengagement with the rear end oi' the puwls thereby permitting theforward ends fri of said pawls to drop out of waagt-nient with theV-shaped notches 53% toruud in the plates 4-7 secured to the segmentsA15. Thisv positive return of the registering determining elements talso.in snres the return of the yoke-shaped frames ronnerted thereto.

[MFM/#n n www/muirm.--(lonnected to the segment. Vli are one und oflinks ffii. the l r und of said linksr being secured to .wins tu',@noie-.Nd Elaosey upon a transverse ed o2 suitably secured to the framework of the machine (see Figs. l, 4 and l1). Mounted upon each one ofthe arms (S6 is an arm 13S which is arranged to move with the arm (tiabout the shaft 67 and in addition has a radial movement upon the arm(to. Each arm GS is guided in its radial 1uovement upon the arm 66 bypins G9 which `extend through Slots l70 formed in the arm f'. A springhaving its ends connected to one of the pins (39 and to a pin 7lrojecting from the arm (36 is arranged to ho d the arm secured in theside frames of the machine.

At the beginning of each operation of the machine, the slots 73 of thearms 74 form arcs ot' circles struck from the shaft 67 upony which thearms 6G are mounted. From this it will be seen thaty the movements ofthe arms 68 due to the operation of the keys 1, as previously described,do not in any way affect. the arms 74. Upon the beginnlngwof themovement of the shaft 37 the segments 4.5 and consequently the arms 66and 68 will be locked from any movement about the shaft `G7. After thearms 66 and 68 have been locked from rotary movement, a cam 7G securedto the shaft 37 will contact with i a pin 77 projectingfrom the lowerend of an arm 78 which is secured to a short shaft i `79, the latterbeing mounted in a bracket 8O secured to a tie bar 81 formingfa part ofthe frame of the machine. AS the cam 76 contacts with the pin 77 andthereby rocks the rod 79.y upwardly extending arms S2 secured to saidrod 79 will be rocked counter-y rloekwise and i'l any one of the arms G8has been adjusted the arm 82 corresponding thereto will Contact with apin 83 project- .ing from the arm (i8 and move said arm radially uponthe other arm 66. The arms SQ will not Contact with the pins 83 of thearms 68 that have not been adjusted. So as not to interfere with oneofthe cams 38 (see Fig. l). the rod 79 is shortened and the two lefthandarms S2 arefastened by Ashort rods 82 to the center arm S2. the twolefthaud arms Si? thereby receiving the same extent of movement as thearms secured to the shat't 71T. The radial movement of t. e arms (3Swill. by means of the pins ft) which extend through the slots 72% iu thearms 74,

rotate the latter about the rod 75.

Projeeiing troni the hub oi"earh nrul 7+ is u lug H4 (Fig. 5l whicheontarts with n shoulder 5.3 formed upon the hub ot u segmanentconnections from said latter part to said indicator.

3. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a rotaryindicator, of a determining device therefor comprising two slidablyconnected parts one of which is pivoted, means for rotating saiddetermining device around its pivot, an operating mechanism havingconnections to move Said connected part radially of its pivot, devicespermanently joining said connected part to said indicator, and meansactuated by said operating mechanism for latching the indicator inadjusted position while permitting the return of the determining device.

4. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a rotaryindicator, of a pivoted determining device therefor commzisng twoloosely connected parts, diiierentrial mechanism connected to rotatesaid de 'ermining device, a pivoted actuating arm positioned toengageone of said connected parts, and move it. radially of said pivot,and an arm connected to said indicator and permanently joined to saidradially movable part.

5. In a machine of the class described,the combination with a rotaryindicator, of a depending pivoted arm connected to operate saidindicator, an upstanding pivoted operating device with means to givesaid device invariable movements, manipulative devices, and an elementdifferentially adjusted'by said manipulative devices and positioned toconnect said opstanding operating device to said depending arm in anyposition of said element.

6. In a cash register, the combination with a rotaryindicator, a pivotedmemberrfor rotating said indicator, a pivoted actuating device for saidmember, and an adjustable element moving between the pivots of saidmember and device and controlling the operation of the former by thelatter, the construction being such that the movement of the pivotedmember has an inverse ratio to the distance of said adjustable elementfrom the pivot of said pivoted member.

T. In a cash register, the combination with a diiierenti-.illy movableelement, of a rotating device composed of two parts for determining theextent of movement of said element, one of said parts having a radial aswell as a rotary movement, manipulative devices for rotating saiddevice, a normally inoperative locking device for said rotating device,and an operating mechanismfor first operating the locking device toprevent ro tary movement of the device and then actuating the radiallymovableV part thereof which latter movement in turn actuates thedi'erential element.

8. In a cash register, the combination with a plurality of registeringracks, a graduated frame connected to each rack, a series of keys foreach frame for differentially mov ing the same and thereby the rackconnected thereto, type carriers connected to said racks, impressiondevices for the type carriers, rotating devices com osed of twopartsalso connected to said rac s, one part of each device havingaradial as well as a rotary movement, a series of indicators, connectionsbetween the radially movable parts of the arms and the indicators, aregistering mechanism, and an operating mechanism having connections formoving the latter over the racks to register the amount set up thereon.lfor taking an impression from the type carriers and for actuating theradially movable arts of the arms to operate the indicators t ere- .byindicating tie amount registered and printed.

9. In an accounting machine, the combination with an accounting device.of a differentially movable actuator therefor. a device for impartingdifferential movement to said actuator` and having a permanentconnection therewith. operating mechanism connected to reciprocate saiddevice. and means for adjusting said device relatively of said actuatorto determine the differential movement of said actuator.

In testimony whereof I attix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES PALMER.

Witnesses i `A. E. MELHUISH,

W. E. BROWN.

